Pitchfork's 39 Best Albums of 2022 So Far

Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Big Thief, the Weeknd, the Smile, FKA twigs, and more of the best music of the first half of 2022

Published: June 13, 2022 14:00 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 01 / 2022 Spiritual Jazz Jazz Poetry Chamber Jazz
# 2
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 3
Album • Jun 03 / 2022 Americana Singer-Songwriter Country
# 4
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop
# 5
EP • Mar 18 / 2022 Progressive Electronic Ambient
# 6
Album • Apr 15 / 2022
# 7
Album • Apr 15 / 2022
# 8
Album • May 06 / 2022 Reggaetón Latin Pop
# 9
Album • Feb 11 / 2022 Indie Folk Folk Rock
# 10
Album • Jan 19 / 2022 Indie Rock Jangle Pop
# 11
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 12
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Dance-Pop
# 13
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Art Pop Tech House
# 14
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Art Rock New Wave
# 15
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Abstract Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 16
Album • Jan 14 / 2022 Alternative R&B
# 17
Album • Jan 23 / 2022 Trap West Coast Hip Hop Cloud Rap Experimental Hip Hop
# 18
Album • Feb 25 / 2022 IDM Ambient Techno
# 19
Album • Mar 11 / 2022 Art Pop Ambient Pop
# 20
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Neo-Traditionalist Country
# 21
EP • Feb 04 / 2022 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 22
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Dancehall
# 23
Album • May 13 / 2022 Hardcore Hip Hop
# 24
Album • Apr 29 / 2022 Slacker Rock Alt-Country
# 25
Album • Mar 04 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 26
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 27
Album • May 20 / 2022 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul
# 28
Album • Mar 18 / 2022 Neoperreo Art Pop
# 29
Air by Sault
Album • Apr 15 / 2022 Modern Classical Choral
# 30
Album • May 06 / 2022 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock
# 31
Album • Mar 31 / 2022 Sample Drill Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop
# 32
Album • Mar 25 / 2022 Hardcore Punk
# 33
Album • May 13 / 2022 Art Rock
# 34
Album • Jan 07 / 2022 Synthpop Dance-Pop
# 35
Single • Jan 20 / 2022 Hardcore Breaks UK Bass
# 36
Album • Apr 22 / 2022 Death Metal
# 37
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 West Coast Hip Hop
# 38
Album • Dec 24 / 2021 Alternative Dance Dance-Punk Hypnagogic Pop
# 39
Album • Apr 08 / 2022 Indie Rock
# 40
Album • Feb 04 / 2022 Glitch Pop Art Pop